What Is Sin? Self-Test

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* 1. The analogy of the common cold, which reaches everyone sooner or later, applies to

Calvinist 'fatalism'

Eastern Orthodox 'ancestral sin'

Pelagian 'free will'

Western Catholic and Protestant 'original sin'

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* 2. The western, or Augustinian, tradition is distinct in claiming that sin spreads

by 'coincidental sin', meaning that each of us falls independently of one another, as the angels did

by 'genetic sin', meaning that the fall introduced mutations into our DNA

by 'infectious sin', meaning that we expose each other to it and thus transmit it

by 'original sin', meaning that all have legally or biologically inherited Adam's guilt

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* 3. In a sentence, explain what difference it makes for sin to be a LACK of something rather than a substance of its own.

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* 4. Work describes pride as disordered love of self, sloth as disordered love of rest, and so on. Can you apply this logic to varieties of sin we didn't cover in class? Complete these sentences.

Anger is disordered love of

Envy is disordered love of

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* 5. What is the meaning of the biblical term 'gehenna' and what does it show about sin?

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* 6. The central debate between Augustine and Pelagius did NOT concern

the extent of Jesus' work in saving sinners

the relative priority of human choice and divine grace

sin's effects on human will

whether people who do not hear the gospel can be saved

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* 7. Is Augustine's account of sin and grace more accurate in describing your own history, or is Pelagius'? Without disclosing personal information, briefly explain why.